Documenting Research on the History of Childhood and Education

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Separate Childhoods and Indigenous Education

The readings for this week outlined the importance of the differences in Aboriginal schools and education sheds light on how this topic is important to Canadian history. In Paige Raibmon’s article, ““A New Understanding of Things Indian” George Raley’s Negotiation… Continue Reading →

Children, Work, and Compulsory Schooling

In Christopher Clubine’s article, “Motherhood and Public Schooling in Victorian Toronto,” he suggested that women were in charge of ensuring that their children have proper behavior and attend school. It is stated that, “a child’s behavior traveling between home and… Continue Reading →

Rise up Public Education and Understanding Childhood in the 19th Century

In Patrice Milewski’s article “Teacher Institutes in Late Nineteenth-Century Ontario”, she discusses the importance of teachers attending meetings and conventions to further educate themselves on how to be better teachers[1]. This is an important topic, as the development of teachers… Continue Reading →

Rethinking Childhood and Back to Basics Learning

In Deborah Gorham’s article, “The Ottawa New School and Educational Dissent in Ontario in the Hall-Dennis Era”, she discusses the idea that some parents were not advocates for the progressive education that was being brought into schools and the effects… Continue Reading →

Progressive Education

Progressive education was an important innovation to the schools and overall education of children through elementary and high school. In the first part of Robert M. Stamp’s article of progressive schooling, the elementary school is discussed through progressive lenses. This… Continue Reading →

Growing up in Canada

During World War Two there was an increased desire to make sure that all schools, as well as households in Canada, promoted a Canadian identity, even immigrants/refugees. World War Two brought many changes to the way people think, it also… Continue Reading →

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